Participants in 'Sense and Sustainability' should address the themes ofnature within the general theme of how the present environmental crisisinforms and deforms literary theory and English language practice, writtenor performed.

Send submissions to submissions(at)egss-umontreal.org. Submissions shouldbe 250 words ('.doc' files only, no '.docx' please) and should arrive bySunday, February 14, 2009. While focussing on literary theory and Englishlanguage practice, we want to stress the openness of 'Sense andSustainability'.

We also invite creative submissions for readings on the theme of nature.Participants will have 5-10 minutes to read, present, or perform theirwork, which may include poetry, prose, film shorts, songs, or artinstallations. Please send a description of your idea tosubmissions(at)egss-umontreal.org by Sunday, February 14, 2009.

University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.English Graduate Students Society